Spoonstock

[J P Stein]

Hay you guys......

Ok, so I finally bought a .22 Mag Henry. I hear Hornaday has some "home defense" ammo for the .22 mag and the gun was more than $200 bucks less ( with a couple boxes of ammo) than the .357.

But, that's not important now......
Some PO of my Remington 7MM Mag :

1) Put some kinda finish on the stock other than Linseed oil.....looks as tho it maybe Fornby's tung oil or some such and it is very un-even.

2) Spilled some light colored sheetage on the fore stock that ate into said finish & generally effed it up.

Some slow work with Scotch Brite cleaned it up (less a few light spots)

So, Is tung oil a viable gun stock finish? I don't think Linseed oil will penetrate thru the finish that is there and sure as hell don't want to chemically strip ff the old stuff......so I'm quandrafied. I have used Tung oil before on cabinets/wood work and can lay on a nice even coat or 3. ......

[azasadny]

I just used some fine bronze wool to buff up an old Stevens 5100 shotgun stock, then applied a walnut stain and oil finish for a friend and it turned out great!

[Jeff Higgins]

Try Birchwood Casey's "True Oil". I'm not sure what is in it, but I'm told it's linseed with some extra "hardener" of some kind mixed in. Whatever it is, I've found it works great for that kind of touch-up, and matches most factory finishes quite well.

[abisel]

If you use linseed oil be damn careful with the stuff. If you throw the rag with linseed oil on it into the trash it may spontaneously combust. Ask me how I know.

[J P Stein]

Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins

Try Birchwood Casey's "True Oil". I'm not sure what is in it, but I'm told it's linseed with some extra "hardener" of some kind mixed in. Whatever it is, I've found it works great for that kind of touch-up, and matches most factory finishes quite well.

Thanks Jeff, about everywhere I went searching the consensus was True Oil....now to find some locally.

About the linseed oil. There are a lot of arsonists caught because they blame a fire on a bucket of oily rags......petroleum based......told to me by a fireman......oops. A bag of charcoal left outside in the rain up against a house works better said he.

[KarlCarrera]

You should love that gun. I have a similar model, 'cepting mine is not the golden boy. Plain Jane, octagon barrel, .22mg.

Very nice, and I have been very happy. Smooth, accurate and it seems to eat anything.

Haven't done any special to mine except clean, before I ever shot it, and after shooting. I am VERY light with the lubricants when cleaning is complete. I use a micro fiber towel to wipe off when cleaning is complete. Nothing special on the wood so far, but it's only 18 months old....

Karl
88 Targa

[J P Stein]

The Henry is mostly to be a wall ornament....after I run a few boxes of ammo thru it.....had to have that brass tho.

Now I need to find a good 22mag revolver to go with it.....that goes under my pillow in place of the .45 Sig. That is out of here soon.

The 7mm Remington is geting cleaned up to sell. Been settin' in my closet for 5-6 years and in the family for God knows how long. It is in very nice shape (less the stock finish).....and , of course, being old like me. ADLs are no longer the cat's ass.

[Rot 911]

[QUOTE=J
Now I need to find a good 22mag revolver to go with it.....that goes under my pillow in place of the .45 Sig. That is out of here soon. ass.[/QUOTE]

You need to get the Ruger Single Six .22 revolver. Comes with two cylinders so you can fire the .22 mag round. Will also compliment that Henry!

[Groesbeck Hurricane]

I'll also highly recommend the Ruger Single Six with both cylinders!

.22Mag is highly underrated.

[J P Stein]

Tru Oil worked out as very well, thanks Jeff. Drying time was a bit longer than advertised but I can live with that. I can see why the Tru Oil comes highly recommended. The rifle is going to be sold so I didn't make the finish perfect but it still looks pretty damn good. ........

[J P Stein]

I'm gonna put the rifle on consignment at a local spoon store.
It is an older 6 digit s/n Remington 700 ADL in 7 mm Mag with a Bushnell 3X scope... simple but effective.

I'll ask $350 with a couple boxes of ammo for it at the spoonshop but take less.

[Jeff Higgins]

Hey, looks nice, JP. I'm glad it turned out.

Older 700's are pretty cool rifles. Much better made than the newer ones. I used to have an early BDL in 7mm mag but, in a moment of weakness, sold it to one of my hunting buddies about 12 years ago. He still has it, and he's not giving it back...

[azasadny]

That rifle looks beautiful! Great work!!

[J P Stein]

Thanks for the kind words. I do have a bit of experience with Formby' s Tung oil along with their other products and the Birchwood's Tru Oil is right up that alley. It is really pretty simple if time consuming.....and the fine steel wool is required.

The Tru Oil does shine up better (clean white rag) after buffing with the steel wool. The gun itself would be an "all original, low mile special" were it a Porsche. I gotta get some Birchwood gun stock wax to finish it off....just "because I'm there".

I'll use the remainder (2/3 bottle) of the Tru Oil on my wood edged kitchen counter tops which are lookin' kinda shaky after 20 years of use.
That will take more doing than the stock did. Trying to match the stain in the badly worn areas is gonna be tough. Did I mention that I'm now retired.....and every day is Saturday? Give it a try, you'll like it.

If I could just convince my wife that fixed income living requires a different perspective.......

[azasadny]

I've found that I prefer bronze wool over fine steel wool because there aren't any steel fragments left in the cracks of the wood to rust and leave marks. I buy my bronze wool on eBay and I've been happy every time I've used it. I just cleaned up and refinished a stock on a 1952 Stevens 5100 that had a crack in the stock and was cruddy. The bronze wool cleaned it up and really made the grain pop!

[pwd72s]

Assuming it still groups well, that 7mm mag caliber Remington would make someone an excellent hunting rifle...

[J P Stein]

My son shot it last. His groups were about 2" at 100 yards.....not great but considering he had never shot it before and shot only 20 rounds, not bad.
A lot of "group size" depends on who's doing the grouping.

Since I disassembled it, the rifle will need sighting in.